Manure-spreader.



, PATENTED MAY 28, 1907. B. PALM- MANURE sB-READER'. APPLICATION FILEDJAN. '1, 1907.

s SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Suva "for,

a 6mm,

PATENTED MAY 28, "1907.

E. PALM. v MANURE SPREADER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7,1907.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PATENTED MAY 28 1907 E. PALM.

MANUBE SPREADER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.7,1907.

3 SEEETSSBEET 3.

WM: #1 moses Unrrnn STATES P TENT enrich.

sans PALM, or ELDRED, MINNESOTA.

MANURE SPREADEW No. stares.

I ii pecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28,1907;

Application filed January '7, 1907, Serial N 0. 361,241-

To all'whom it natty concern:

'Be it known that I, ERIK PALM, a citizen of the United States, residingat Eldred, in

the county of Polk and State of Minnesota, have-invented new and usefulImprovements in Manure-Spreaders, of which the ionowing is aspecification.

My invention pertains to means for dis-.

charging material from wagons while the same are in motion; and itcontemplates the provision of efiicient dischargingmeans, de-' signedmore particularly for use in combination with a toothed cylinder toform'a reliable -manure spreader.

The invention also contemplates so con- 'structing and arrangingtheparts of the ma terial discharging and spreading means that the same maybe expeditiously and easily secured on a wagon body without thenecessity of boring holes in any part of the wagon or entailing otheralteration. thereof.

Other objects and'advantages' of the invention will be fully understoodfrom the following description and claims whenthe sameare:

my improvements properly positioned rela-' tive thereto. Fig. 5 is arear elevation of the wagon equipped with my improvements.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view illustrating a portion of themechanism for automatically puttingthe folio wer out of operation.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings,-re-

. ferring to which:

speet to the said body.

A is the body or" awagon, which is of the ordinary or any other approvedconstruction and is 0 en at its rear end.

B an C are the front frame bars of my improvements, and D is the rearframe of the improvements. The frame bars B and C are arranged crosswisebelow and abovethe'fore ward portion of "the body A, respectively and:

are connected together by bolts E whichserve to hold them against andfix them with re- The rear frame I) is made up of lower cross-bars a andb removably arranged below the wagon body A; the

foremost of-"said cross-bars being positioned immediately in rear of thewagon bolster as shown, side boards 0 removably arranged on the sideWalls of the wagon body and having depending cleats dresting at theouter sides of said side walls, cross-bars e, and f removably arrangedon the side boards 0 and connected'by bolts 9 to the lower cross-bars a,and b, longitudinal bars h arranged onand fixedl connected to the endportions of the crossddars a, and b, upright bars '5, fixed to andrising from the rear portions of the longitudinal bars h, and a crownbar 7' connecting the upper ends of the upright bars '5. It will beapparent from the foregoing that the frame bars B and C and the severalparts of the rear frame D .may be readily fixed on the wagon body Awithout the necessity of boring holes in the body or otherwise alteringthe same; also,

"that when .it is desired to use the'wagon without my improvements, saidbars B and C and the rear frame D may be as readily removed from thewagon hodyA.

Journaledin suitable hearings on the uprights 'L of the rear frame D arethe trunnions 7c of a toothed cylinder F which has for its function tospread manure from the'wagon as will be hereinafter pointed out indetail. Onone of the said trunnions lc isihred a pinion Z, and with thispinion Zis designed to be intermeshed a spur gear m-which is fixed to asprocket gear a. The said gears m and n are 'mounted on the intermediateor crank por tion of a crank or eccentric shaft p which is journaled atits inner end in said upright 41 and at its outer end in a bracket 1connected to the upright, and is provided adjacent to-its inner end witha lateral arm 8. The sprocket gear as isconneoted by a sprocket belt 25with a sprocket gear "a fixed to one Wagon'wheel v, and vhence it willbe apparentthat when the wagon is moved forward and thespur gear m isintermeshed with the pinion. l, the cylinder F will be rotated upwardand backward. The arm 8 ofshaft p is connected through a rodeo with ahand-lever :1; fulcrumed on the, lower frame bar B, and the upperportion of i odo said hand lever a: is arranged in a loop-shaped guidey-having a lateral keepers atits forward end. When thesaid leverwisswung to and held by hand or otherwise at the rear end of the guide y,it will be observed that the spur gear at will be interineshed with-thepinion Z and the toothed cylinder F will be rotatedin the directionstated, while when the lever a: is moved forward, the spur gear 'm willbe moved forward-and disengaged the toothedcylinder F into and outofoperation as occasion demands.

Journaled in the :rear ends of the longitudinalbars-h, of the rear frameD and ada ted to be arranged in rear of the bottom 0 the wagon body A isa shaft G. This shaft G is designed to be rotated and moved endwise insaid bars 72;; and it is provided atone end with a spur gear I, and atits opposite end with a circumferentially grooved portion J.

. The spurgear I is intermeshed witha pinion K fixed to a sprocket gearL, and the said sprocket gear L is connected through a sprocket belt Mwith a sprocket gear N fixed to a wheel 1) of the wagon, whereby itwill, be seen that when the spur gear Iand pinion K are intermeshed andthe wagon is moved forward, the shaftG will be rotated upward andrearward. It will also be seen thatv when the shaft G is moved endwisein the direction indicated by :arrow to 'draw the spur gear I out ofengagement with tl1e1pin. "ion K, -the shaft G will be stopped or=rendered idle.

Engaging the circumferentially grooved portion J of shaft G is theforked end ofan arm P on :an upright shaftQ, which shaftQ is :journaledin-asuitable bearingon-one side of the :rear frame D and is rovided"with; another and lower arm R. his arm R is connectedby a-link S'to theinnerarmof a lever T fulcrume'd on a bar U=conneoted to and'extendingbetween theframe bars a and b, and to the said inner arm of the lever Tis also connected one endof a tractile spring U the other end ofwhich-is connected to'the frame bar I). so as to enable the spring tonormally hold the gear I in engagement with pinion The-outer-arm oflever T is connected by a rod V with the rear arm of a leverVVffulcrumed on the upper, front frame bar'C. Thus it will be apparentthat whenthe forward arm of lever W is drawn inward by means presentlydescribed. the*s-l-1-aft G 7" 'irection indicated by arrow to disgn'gagethe spur gear I from pin on K and in -thatway stop rotation of'theshaft'G.

X is an alpr connected to and-designed to be -woupl on'the shaft G andarranged to i i move on the bottom: of the wagon body A.

and material compatible with the purpose of my invention withoutinvolving departure from the scope thereof, though I prefer to have itcomprise three strips a of heavy canvas, connected to the shaft G, astrip 1), of similar material connected to the forward ends of thestrips (1 and extending the full width of the interior of the wagonbody, cleats 0 arranged over the points at which the strip b is joinedto'the strips a, and strips (1, of the same material, joined to and:extending forward from the strip 1). To the strips d are fixedlyconnected the horizontal arms of angle irons e, and to the upright armsof said angle irons is fixedly connebted -a follower Y which extends thefull'height and width of the interior of the wagon body when the wagonbody is loaded with manure while the follower Y is in a positionadjacent to the forward end of the body, and the wagon is moved forward,the apron will be moved upon the shaft G and the follower will be drawnrearward with the result that the manure will be moved-before thefollower and pressed toward the toothed cylinder F. It will also beunderstood that when the toothed cylinder F is in operation, the sairicylinder will :take up the manure that is pressed toward it, and willthrow said manure upward and rearward so as to spread the same overitheground.

A is a drum journaled in suitable bearings is acable connected to anddesigned to be. woundon said drum and also connected @to the follower Y,whereby it will be seen that =by-turning the drum theopera-tor isenabled to draw the follower forward, and C is a cable connected atoneend to the cable B at a slight distance from the end of said cable 13that is connected to the drum A, and passed through ,a guide D on frame'bar C, and connected-at its opposite end to the forwardarm'of'the'lever W. By virtue of this rovision-it willbe apparent thatwhen the ollower Y reaches a point adjacent to the rear end of the wagonbody A'and the'cable B is almost all drawn off the drum A, said cable Bwill drawthe cable C rearward with it, when said cable C will draw theforward arm of lever W inward, and in that way put the shaft G out ofoperation through the cylinder 'F andits appurtenances may be the scopeofmy invention as claimed.

-tion and relative arrangement of the parts The said apron may -be ofany construction. i

A. From this it will be understood that embracedfin the present andpreferred emonthe frame-bar C and having a crank m. B

"medium of the connections before described omitted without involvingdeparture from I have-specifically described the construc bodiment ofiny invention in order to impart a definite understanding of said'embodi ment. I do not desire, however, to be understood -as confiningmyself to the said;

.specific, construction and relative arrangernent of parts as suchchanges or modifications may be made inpractice' as fairly fall withinthe scope of my invention as claimed.

Havin claim an desire to secure by Letters-Patent,

1-. Means for unloading wagons, comprising a frame, a follower, meansfor In Jving the follower, a .drum mounted on thframe, a cableconnecting the follower with said drum, a second cable connected to thefirst' mentioned cable, and means connected with and operated by thesecond cable for stop-' ping the follower when it reaches the end of itstraverse.

" 2. Means for unloading wagons, comprisin a franie,-a follower, meansfor moving the fo lower, a lever mounted on the frame,

.means connected with and o erated by said 5. means for-moving the same,a drum mounted lever for disconnecting the fo lower from the on theframe, a cable connect] the follower Wi said drum,--and a second ca 1econnected to; the first mentioned cable and with the'said. lever; p

'3. Means for unloading wagons, COIHPI'lS-fl ing a frame, a movableshaft journaled there;

in and provided with a gear, a gear engaging the first mentioned gearand adapted to be connected with means for rotating the sin-2ft,

I a rock-shaft mounted on the frame and having arms one of which isarranged. to move the shaft-to carry tlie 'firstmentioned gear out ofenga ement with thesecond mentioned ear, a' follbwer, a connectionbetween the ollower and 'the shaft, a lever mounted on the frame andconnected with the rock-shaft, a drum mounted on the frame, a cableconnecting-the follower with said drum, and a second cable connectingthe lever with the first mentioned cable;

L Means for unloading wagons, comprising a' frame, a shaft journaledtherein, an apron connected to and arranged to be wound on the shaft, afollowerv connected to the apron,v means for rotating the shaft, a levermounted on the frame, means connected With and .operated by said leverfor disconnecting the shaft from the means for rotating same, a drummounted on the frame, a cable connectin the follower with said drum, anda second ca le connecting the lever with the first mentioned cable.

5. Means for unloading wa ons, comprisin ,a frame, an endwise-movale'shaft ourna ed thereinandprovided with a spur-gear,

a iniori v-inte'igrneshed with said spur gear and a apted-tobeconnectedwith means for rodescribed my invention; what 1 tating the shaft,aroek-shaft mounted on the frame and havin arms one of which is arrangedto move the shaft endwise, an apron connected to and arranged to bewound on a lever mounted on the frame and connected frame, a cableconnecting the follower with said drum, and'a'second cable connectingthe lever with the first mentioned cable. 6, Means for .unloadingwagons, compristhe ,first mentioned gear and adapted to beconnected withmeans for rotating the shaft, a rock-shaft mounted on the frame andhaving arms one of which is arranged to move the shaft to carry thefirst mentioned gear out of enga ement with the second mentioned gear, afollower, an apron connected to air-:1 arranged to be Wound on the shaftand also connected to the f iower, a lever mounted on the frame andconnected with the rock-shaft, a drum mounted on the frame, cableconnecting the follower with said drn m, a second able connecting thelever with the first mentioned cable, a toothed cylinder mounted in theframe and arranged above the apron, means for rotating said toothedcylinder, and means whereby th-x' operator is enabled to control therotation of the toothed cylinder. 7. The combination of a wagon having abody, forward frame bars reniovably secured on the/body, a rear frameremovably secured on the body and comprising lower cross bars disposedbelow the body, side boards removably arranged on the side walls-of thebody and having depending cleats resting at the outer sides of said sidebars, cross bars removably arranged on the side boards, bolts connectinga said cross bars to the lower cross bars, longitudinal bars arranged onand fixed to the end Oitions of the lower cross bars, upright bars fixedto and rising from the rear portions of the longitudinal bars, and acrown bar connecting the upper ends of the upright bars, a toothedcylinder journaled in bearings on the upright bars of the rear frame,mean. "or rotating said cylinder, a shaft journaled in the longitudinalbarsof the frame a follower movable in the wagon body, a connectionbetween the shaft and saidfollower, means for rotating the shaft, a drummounted on ERIK PALM.

; Witnesses: EMIL MARVIN,

O. M. KASBERG.

,the ,shaft, a follower. connected to the apron,

with the rock-shaft, a drum'mounted on the a frame, a movable shaft journaled there 1n and provided with a gear, a gear engaging the upper ofthe frame bars, and a connection A

